Kate Pierson Performs Pee-wee's Playhouse Theme at Netflix Tribute for Paul Reubens
Kate Pierson performed the 'Pee-wee’s Playhouse' theme song at Netflix’s 40th Anniversary Tribute to Paul Reubens. The show, which premiered in 1986, was a mainstream success that brought together various subculture talents orchestrated by
When it hit the airwaves in 1986, Pee-wee's Playhouse was a rare mainstream triumph for a bunch of weirdo subculture types. The late Paul Reubens developed his Pee-wee Herman character on the LA improv-comedy scene in the '70s, turned it into a stage show, appeared in a Cheech & Chong movie, and fully got the chance to go nuts in the classic 1985 cinematic vehicle Pee-wee's Big Adventure , which happened to be Tim Burton's directorial debut. When the film was a success, HBO produced an actual children's television show for this fake children's entertainer, and he made it into a lively, bugged-out hallucination. Rob Zombie was a set decorator. Laurence Fishburne was the recurring character Cowboy Curtis. It was really something.
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